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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1963
Page
3
Giants edge Dodgers 3-0 as Juan Marichal tosses seven-hitter for first shutout of the season. Willie McCovey homers off Don Drysdale, boosting San Francisco within one game of the Dodgers while St. Louis leads the race with a 3-1 win over Pittsburgh. Other NL results include Astros slam Cubs. Reds top Mets. Phillies edge Brewers in 10. AL notes Kansas City and Boston win. Yankees and Senators idle.
New York AP George Maharis quit Route 66 over six months ago citing health. Now healthy and in demand, he seeks to resume acting but CBS says he is a free agent as the show named Glenn Vorbett as a replacement. Maharis faced a postponed Ed Sullivan Show singing debut amid ongoing contract issues.
The article introduces John Alden Knight's Solunar Tables with daily fishing and hunting times. It explains Major periods start at given times and last about 90 minutes to two hours, with minor periods following, guiding readers to plan days for prime sport in good territory. The piece emphasizes using these periods to maximize success.
The Sheriffs defeated the Lions by 17 to 3 in a high scoring game. PCA and CBC combined for 5 runs as Coleman added 12 in a Midwest league matchup.
The program serves boys in grades five through eight not in school teams. Four uniformed teams compete in an eight game schedule from mid December to early March at Jones Field House on Saturdays. Team sponsors provide uniforms and equipment, with sponsor names on backs. The league aims to give younger boys a path to junior high and high school basketball while cultivating local talent and outside competition.
Arkansas Education Association seeks higher standards for teachers and superintendents. The state Board of Education tentatively approves studying college subject degrees for junior high and high school teachers, plus 30 hours of advanced study for superintendents and master’s plus 15 hours for counselors. Education Department to survey all 416 districts and publish findings with final action expected in fall.
Stays of execution were granted to Abbert Harris and Orion Trotter who had been scheduled to die June 14 for the April 1 rape of a white woman near Monticello. They have appealed.
CBS seeks an injunction to bar actor Maharis from working for others while legal papers move forward. The dispute follows a year of quit and return episodes tied to Hepatitis and heavy hours. Maharis has a new record and is testing projects with Susskind and CBS while Route 66 remains uncertain. The injunction hearing is set for June 20, delaying a potential Ed Sullivan appearance until autumn.
The Southern Division leads include Chicago New York Baltimore Minnesota Kansas City Boston Cleveland Los Angeles Detroit and Washington with mixed records. Tuesday’s results show Boston over Detroit in 15 innings while Cleveland beat Baltimore and Minnesota topped Chicago. other matchups set for later games with many postponements and added twi-night schedules.
In Wheeling West Virginia two inmates escaped from Camp Fairca a minimum security facility training a prison bloodhound to track escapees. Prisoners Harry B Allen and Clyde Shears Jr both 28 were serving one year terms for grand larceny.
The eighth annual convention of the Arkansas State Federation of Postal Clerks opens in Jonesboro on Thursday. Administrative VP Paul Nagie of the U.S. Federation will lead a labor management institute, with sessions concluding Saturday.
American League leaders include Kaline Detroit with 41 runs and 45 RBIs, Malzone Boston batting .344 with 125 at bats, and Allison Minnesota leading home runs with 15. Pitching stars Stock Baltimore and Radatz Boston post five decisions. National League highlights feature Covington Philadelphia batting .353 and Hank Aaron Milwaukee with 49 runs, with Groat St. Louis and Cepeda San Francisco leading hits and doubles.
The Babe Ruth League lists scheduled matchups from June 13 to July 25. Teams include Ozan Lumber Co Merchants Assoc Farmers Union First National and variations with dates noted for Mondays and Thursdays across multiple weeks.
The Doctor's League posts Thursday games starting 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The schedule runs from June 13 with Red Sox vs Yankees and Braves vs Giants through August with multiple pairings including Giants vs Braves and Yankees vs Red Sox. A holiday July 4 blocks play, and results show a busy slate featuring Red Sox Giants Yankees and Braves in alternating matches.
A list of 1963 Little League games with matchups including Coleman, Lions, Prod. Credit, Sheriff, CBC, and Midwest scheduled across June and July. The note also cites Arkansas population figure from 1836 at 55,000 inhabitants.
In a busy slate, Richmond edged Indianapolis 5 to 4 while Rochester fell 3 to 7 at home against Arkansas, Syracuse beat Atlanta 4 to 2, and Jacksonville's game at Toronto was postponed. Pacific Coast League saw Seattle 2 Spokane 1 and Salt Lake City 7 Denver 6 as Dallas-Fort Worth defeated San Diego. Portland and Tacoma played with Portland winning, and Oklahoma City lost 5 to 4 to Hawaii.
The Cleveland Indians won their fifth straight, 4-5, riding a home run surge that overpowered the Baltimore Orioles. Cleveland moved up to seventh, eight of ten, while Baltimore fell from first to third. Other AL action saw Boston beat Detroit in 15 innings, Kansas City top Los Angeles, and Washington idle. In the NL, St Louis took first and LA slid to second as the Cards beat Pittsburgh and San Francisco blanked the Dodgers. Houston beat Chicago, Philadelphia edged Milwaukee in 10, and Cincinnati crushed New York.
Dolan Campbell 36 of Trumann drowned in Spring River while attempting to save his 11 year old son Michael who was pulled from the swift river by Ulysses Evans of St. Ann Missouri. The family had been fishing between Hardy and Mammoth Springs when Michael slipped into the water and was swept over a waterfall.
In Little Rock, two cars collided with a child, Joseph Lee Kelly, age two, falling under a Patton vehicle. He was pulled out with only burn injuries from the exhaust, after a car driven by W. T. Kelly also involved.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department forecast a slight rise in Arkansas winter wheat to 3,125,000 bushels at 25 bushels per acre, with a dramatic rise in the peach crop. The weathered note follows a separate summary of a relief pitching duel where Malzone and the Red Sox overpowered the Angels as Segui yielded seven hits in his first start in seven weeks.
Rochester swept Arkansas Travelers 3-0 and 9-2 in a twin bill as Buffalo, Richmond, Syracuse, and other IL games produced scattered scores. Nelson Chittum struck out four in the opener and extended his scoreless streak to 21 1 3 innings. Billy Short earned his seventh straight win in the nightcap while Rochester handed the Travelers 12 hits.
Paulie Armstead of Los Angeles defeated Bobby Scanlon in Sacramento by points in a lightweight showdown. Brian Curvis stopped Maurice Auzel in London, delivering a knockout for Curvis, with Auzel from France.
The peach crop is forecast at 1,750,000 bushels, up from 1,020,000 bushels recorded last year. The report highlights a notable rise in production, reflecting favorable growing conditions and expanded acreage.
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